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Do you Suffer from the Urgency Addiction? It’s More Common Than you Think

Both Sides of the Table

Yet in LA we have hugely successful entrepreneurs who have built big companies like Overture, CitySearch, MySpace, TicketMaster.com, LowerMyBills, Commission Junction, eHarmony and on and on. Responsive Low Hanging Fruit – I view email in the category of urgent but not (always) important. I hear it all the time.

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Interview with Nick Desai, Global Fitness Media

socalTECH

You come to our site, take a match quiz--a lot like eHarmony--to find the right trainer. A plan alone is not all that valuable if you won't follow them, so what we give are also the tools--via iPhone, the web, SMS, email, Android, Blackberry--to log you actually did do. The plans are really usable, and we don't just stop with a plan.

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The Challenges (& Opportunities) of Starting a Tech Company in LA

Jason Nazar

If there were more great companies coming out of LA then it would create more demand for high quality VC firms. It’s a chicken and egg problem. But there are also less great companies in LA, BECAUSE there is less access to sophisticated capital. Opportunity #3 – There is Plenty of Capital for Great Team/Products.

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Why You Should Start a Company in. Los Angeles

SoCal Delicious

The city has, however, quietly been home to some of the most successful online companies to date, including CitySearch (sold to Ticketmaster for $260 million in 1998), Overture (acquired by Yahoo for $2 billion in 2003), eHarmony and LowerMyBills (bought by Experian for $330 million in 2005). What is happening in L.A.

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Guide to the LA Startup Community

SoCal Delicious

Demand Media is an online media company operating two strategically-linked businesses: an integrated content and social media platform, and registrar solutions. Mark Reply Cancel reply Leave a Comment Previous post: Why Email Isn’t Dead Next post: The Power of Small Get-Togethers Producing an event? 1B+ Revenue. Want to sponsor?

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

Both Sides of the Table

We had email, instant messaging, group calendars, discussion boards, etc. They had a proprietary browser, their own search engine, their own content, chat rooms, email system, etc. But AOL brought online services, email, chat and discussion boards to the masses and thus educated a generation that paved the way for others.